Blue Skies Up - Welcome To The Pop Revolution Album Review

Blue Skies Up
Welcome To The Pop Revolution
Album Review

NME take pride on their albums promoting up and coming bands. The only thing is that they are bands that are more or less on the brink of making it big. Blue Skies up work to the same formula, but cover the less obvious acts. This can only be good news for these bands as more often than not, there are certain bands that just can't seem to make that next step that are as equally if not better than some of the bands that do make it. The major difference is advertising and publicity and maybe albums such as these can make this a more level playing field.

Welcome To The New Pop Revolution is a fitting name for this compilation album.
The thing is though it is quite hard to base your opinions on an artist on one song unless it's Chico. The less said about him, the better. What the hell though we will give it a go anyway, so as a compilation album it is fab! I mean the opening son We Just Make Music For Ourselves by Swimmer One, sets the album up perfectly. Not My Number by Luxembourg is one of my favourite tracks with a Maximo Park feel to it, but just a bit more pop sounding. Plantakis come in with a half German/English track that can only be described as addictive pop track that has all the corniness of The Cheeky Girls, but with style. A track that a lot of people will like, but at the same time will not admit to. Pop Machine! by The Sweathearts, which sounds like a Swedish pop song, (Don't know if they are Swedish). The Schla La Las is a fantastic rock out female band and are represented by Gotta Go on the album

BIB continue the high standard of songs by new bands with Jobs-On-Line '06. This to me is electric version of Shed Seven, and having a soft spot for Shed Seven, this again has hit the nail on the head. Robots In Disguise is the last band to get a mention on this review with their track Bed Scenes. This is a Indie sounding Girls Aloud. Mental, but very true!

It's a thank you to Dogbox Records for actually giving out the opportunity to the makers of this record, and look out for the bands on this record, cause they could be coming out from the shadows and into the Limelight.

Mark Moore